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"Profiles in Activism: Three Citizens Involved in the Logan Canvon Controversy," student paper by Stanley Holmes

EDUC 677 Stanley Holmes
Ethnographic Study: Summer 1997
Profiles in Activism: Three Citizens Involved in the Logan Canvon Controversy
Abstract:
This qualitative research project involved a multi-case study of adult citizens involved in a
local political controversy. Following background research, structured interviews were
conducted with three core subjects to identify shared character and bio-historical traits.
Introduction:
...brief history of the issue -
In the spring of 1997, the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) began the latest stage
of a highway construction project that has been a source of political controversy in the Logan /
Bear Lake region for three decades. UDOT's plan to rebuild and expand Route 89 through
Logan Canyon spawned a spirited debate among citizens and officials; a debate that may
continue for some time.
The controversy stretches back at least to the 1960s, which saw UDOT's widening of the
road in lower Logan Canyon, and the dawn of a national environmental movement whose local
manifestation led to delays and adjustments in subsequent highway construction in the canyon.
For the first time, UDOT was required to develop an environmental impact statement on its
proposed construction.
Area citizens formed a group, Citizens for the Protection of Logan Canyon (CPLC), that
opposed the original UDOT plan then, after modifications, agreed in 1995 to participate on the
advisory team working with UDOT and other agencies toward an acceptable design plan.
CPLC's decision to provisionally accept the revised UDOT plan led to a schism in the
environmental community that saw the formation of the Logan Canyon Coalition (LCC), which
proceeded to take legal action aimed at minimizing Logan Canyon highway construction to little
more than bridge repairs.
In early 1997 a third citizens' group, the Logan Canyon Improvement Group (LCIG), was

EDUC 677 Stanley Holmes
Ethnographic Study: Summer 1997
Profiles in Activism: Three Citizens Involved in the Logan Canvon Controversy
Abstract:
This qualitative research project involved a multi-case study of adult citizens involved in a
local political controversy. Following background research, structured interviews were
conducted with three core subjects to identify shared character and bio-historical traits.
Introduction:
...brief history of the issue -
In the spring of 1997, the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) began the latest stage
of a highway construction project that has been a source of political controversy in the Logan /
Bear Lake region for three decades. UDOT's plan to rebuild and expand Route 89 through
Logan Canyon spawned a spirited debate among citizens and officials; a debate that may
continue for some time.
The controversy stretches back at least to the 1960s, which saw UDOT's widening of the
road in lower Logan Canyon, and the dawn of a national environmental movement whose local
manifestation led to delays and adjustments in subsequent highway construction in the canyon.
For the first time, UDOT was required to develop an environmental impact statement on its
proposed construction.
Area citizens formed a group, Citizens for the Protection of Logan Canyon (CPLC), that
opposed the original UDOT plan then, after modifications, agreed in 1995 to participate on the
advisory team working with UDOT and other agencies toward an acceptable design plan.
CPLC's decision to provisionally accept the revised UDOT plan led to a schism in the
environmental community that saw the formation of the Logan Canyon Coalition (LCC), which
proceeded to take legal action aimed at minimizing Logan Canyon highway construction to little
more than bridge repairs.
In early 1997 a third citizens' group, the Logan Canyon Improvement Group (LCIG), was